PDP BoT chair backs Buhari on border closure

Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Walid Jibrin, said the partial closure of Nigeria’s land borders by the President, Major General Muhammadu B

uhari , was a blessing to the ailing textile industry.

Jibrin spoke in his capacity as the new Life Patron of the Nigeria Textiles Manufacturers Association.The Second Republic senator told journalists in Kaduna that the border closure had reduced the rate of smuggling of textile fabrics into the country.Jibrin, who identified smuggling as one of the major challenges militating against the industry, noted that the textile sector of the economy gladly welcomed the border closure by the Federal Government.

He also expressed regret that the industry that could once boast of employing over 300,000 with 175 textile firms across the country, now employed less than 30,000 with 30 textile firms across the country.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.

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